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Anja Pärson

1981 - Today

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Anja Sofia Tess Pärson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈânːja ˈpæ̌ːʂɔn]; born 25 April 1981) is a Swedish former alpine skier. She is an Olympic gold medalist, seven-time gold medalist at the World Championships, and two-time overall Alpine Skiing World Cup champion. This included winning three gold medals in the 2007 World Championship in her native Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anja Pärson has received more than 232,675 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Anja Pärson is the 100th most popular skier (down from 96th in 2019), the 889th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 795th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Swedish Skier.

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  • 230k

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  • 53.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Anja Pärson ranks 100 out of 817Before her are Yvonne Rüegg, Elis Wiklund, Jan Boklöv, Anders Haugen, Christine Goitschel, and Tapio Mäkelä. After her are Heini Hemmi, Pavel Kolchin, Phil Mahre, Erika Mahringer, Nils Östensson, and Chiharu Igaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Anja Pärson ranks 128Before her are Elano, Alessandra Ambrosio, Ksenia Sobchak, Kunal Nayyar, Paolo Cannavaro, and Andrés D'Alessandro. After her are Lauren Jackson, Michiel Huisman, Kaan Urgancıoğlu, Cho Yeo-jeong, Asuka, and Miyavi.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Anja Pärson ranks 889 out of 1,879Before her are Pontus Hanson (1884), Ferdinand Boberg (1860), Thomas Sjöberg (1952), Gösta Olson (1883), Johan Henric Kellgren (1751), and Alfred Swahn (1879). After her are Nils Skoglund (1906), Rune Larsson (1924), Rune Carlsson (1909), William Petersson (1895), Henry Källgren (1931), and John Eke (1886).

Among SKIERS In Sweden

Among skiers born in Sweden, Anja Pärson ranks 10Before her are Sonja Edström (1930), Nils Karlsson (1917), Thomas Wassberg (1956), Gunde Svan (1962), Elis Wiklund (1909), and Jan Boklöv (1966). After her are Nils Östensson (1918), Assar Rönnlund (1935), Sven Utterström (1901), Stig Sollander (1926), Barbro Martinsson (1935), and Pernilla Wiberg (1970).